Griddle greaser



Feb. 17, 1925.

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GRIDDLE GREASFR Filed April 14. 1923 Patented Feb. 17, 1925. v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES I. OTT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

GRIDDLE Application filed April 14.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. OTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Oolumbla, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Griddle Greasers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient tool orimplement for holding grease, and particularly grease in solid form, foruse especially in greasing griddles, pans and other utensils where athin coating of grease is desired, the device being so des gned andproportioned as to prevent the operators hand from coming into contactwith the hot utensil when the device is used with ordinary care.

The invention consists of a frame, preferably of wire, folded uponitself and its limbs wrapped or twisted together to form a handle, oneend of the frame being offset and adapted toreceive greasing materialsupported by or contained in a textile or fabric strip foldedlongitudinally about and secured within the offset portion. When thisfolded strip holds grease in solid form, the grease is liberated by thecontact of the device with the hot griddle or other utensil. But, ofcourse, the textile material may be soaked in a fluent grease or oil ormelted fat of any sort suitable for the purpose, as I will proceed nowto explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is aperspective View illustrating the invention with the textile strip inplace. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing in dotted lines the strip clampturned off to one side as it will be to provide for the introduction andrelease of the textile strip. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4:is a plan view of the offset portion with the strip clamp entirelyremoved.

While the invention is not limited to the material of which the deviceis constructed, present experience is that it may be economically andpractically formed of wire, and without limiting the invention to theuse of wire, or the particular manipulations of the wire hereinafter setforth, I will proceed to explain the invention as embodied in a wireconstruction.

As shown, the frame is composed of a sin- GREASER.

1923. Serial No. 632,129.

gle wire doubled upon itself to form an open grip or end 1, the limbs ofwhich are twisted together to form the shank 2 of the handle. Theselimbs are spaced apart at the end of the shank opposite to end 1, thelimb 3 being formed with an eye 4 and then continued at 5 on one side ofthe hereinabove referred to offset portion and then continuedtransversely to form the end 6, and again bent back to form the oppositeside member 7 and the opposite end 8 which is doubled upon itself at 9and has its end 10 closed about the side 7. The limb 11 diverges fromthe limb 3 and is formed with the eye 12 and is then continued to forman inside side member 13 and an inside end member 14, an inside oppositeside member 15 and then its end 16 is brought up and closed down overthe parts 3 and 8 where they cross. 1

The sides 5 and 15 on one side and the sides 7 and 13 on the other sidemay be connected by cross-pieces 17 and 18 and these cross-pieces 17 and18 are connected by a longitudinal stay-piece 19.

All of the parts so far described may be conveniently made of wire, andall of the parts numbered 1 to 16 may be formed from a single strand ofwire.

The eyes 4 and 12 are adapted to receive the strip clamp 20, which maycomprise a straight bar 21 adapted to engage the eyes and an operatingelement or lever 22, preferably curved to be sprung around the handle-or shank 2, and by its resilience lock the strip clamp in closedposition.

In order to prevent the escape of the strip clamp from the eyes, thestraight bar 21 may be provided with any suitable detent, such as a loop23 therein. This loop may be replaced by a bend in the wire, or it mayhave an attached detent. V

I prefer to use as the grease holder an ordinary lamp wick 24. This lampwick may be applied to the offset portion of the device by passing thewick lengthwise underneath the offset end and with one end carried upover the end bars 8 and 9 and then down between the bars 9 and 18 andunderneath the said bars and beneath the stay-piece 19, the other end ofthe wick being carried up over the end bar 6 and between that bar andthe end bar 14 and underneath the latter and then over the crossbar 17and rearwardly toward the handle shank where this end is engaged by thestrip clamp 20 which serves to put a bight or depressionin the w ck orstrip sniiicient to hold the Wick or strip in place.

The grease, if of solid nature, may be interposed between theunderncathportion of the textile strip or wick and the bottom of the offsetportion. Instead of using grease in solid form to be melted by contactwith the hot griddle or other utensil, the wick or strip may besaturated with a fluent or liquid grease.

The handle or shank portion of the device and the offset portioncontaining the grease in the textile strip stand off from one anothersu'fiiciently to remove the operators hand from coming into contact withthe hot griddle or other utensil when the implement is used withordinary care.

h The textile strip may be applied to and removed from the ofisetportion of the device quite readily. XV hen said strip is applied to thedevice it. is not readily displaced by ordinary use, no matter how hard,and if in use it develops any slackness, this -slaokness may be taken upby opening the strip clamp and pulling on the strip lengthwise.

Variations in the details of construction are permissible within thespirit and scope ofthe invention as hereinafter claimed.

As already stated, the inventionis not limited in its use to greasing'griddles, and hence the title in the specification and in the claims isto be understood as illustrative.

\Vhat I claim is l. A griddle greaser, having a frame made of wiredoubled upon itself to form a shank having "diverging limbs one of whichis formed with an upstanding eye and thence extends away from said eyelength'ivise with relation to said shank to form anoutside side member,a cross member, 'ar'i'opposite outside side member, another cross memberand a returned cross member the end of which is fastened to thefirst-named side member, and the other limb likewise formed with anupstanding eye and continued thence to form an inside side member, across-bar and the opposite inside side member the end of which last issecured to the first-named limb adjacent to the shank. and a clampengaging the said eyes and having an operating lever to effect a lookingengagement with the shank. I

2. A griddle greaser, comprising a handle and an offset portion providedwith laieraL ly arranged eyes, a strip of fabric folded over upon andengaging said offset portion, and a strip clamp movably mounted in saideyes and provided with an intermediate detent to prevent the loss oftheclamp, the clamp having a lever member adapted to be "sprung aroundthehandle member to lock the clamp in place.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day ofApril, A. D. 1923. H

CHARLES I. OTl. \Vitnesses:

LoUIsN. 'S'rLaN'eLnn, CHAS W. THoMrsoN.

